Do I need a calculator to figure out which order to play these games in?
Kingdom Hearts is coming to Steam - June 13
Submitted 11 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world
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LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
PotatoKat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If you boot it up they give you the order to play it in. There is only 1 problem and it’s at the beginning. They tell you to watch 358/2 before playing 2
DO NOT DO THAT IT SPOILS A MAJOR PLOT IN PART 2Play it in this order
1
Chain of memories
2
358/2 days
Bassman27@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I can’t see myself paying £60 for games that came out on ps2 which were then remastered and rereleased in 2014. Too little too late in this case :’(
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Welcome to the current state of Square Enix.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I know it’s not the same, but it gives off similar energy as Sony RE releasing all the previous Spider-Man movies to theaters because Madame Web flipped so hard.
lorty@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
If only it was just SE that’s loke this…
InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I agree full price is steep, but to be fair 1.5/2.5 is like 4 or 5 different games (plus a few cinematic movies for lore from the obscure handheld games) in one and the remasters are actually really well done and add a bunch of content. I don’t know how they perform on PC though since it’s a Square port.
Veraxus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ditto. If these were FFVII-style remakes, sure… but for a two-decade old franchise whose last release was half a decade ago… I’d consider $20.
Bassman27@lemmy.world 11 months ago
£20 for the complete collection then maybe we’ll talk lmao
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The stories already fucky enough as it is in Kingdom Hearts, without doing a FF7 remake to it and releasing each game in chunks for a total cost of 200+ bucks.
MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Just wishlist and wait for Steam sale.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 11 months ago
As long as it took to get these games on steam, I’ve completely lost interest.
bighatchester@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The names for these games are so weird. Am I reading that right 1.5 + 2.5 and then 2.8 ?
Ilflish@lemm.ee 11 months ago
1.5 kind of makes sense. It holds Kingdom Hearts 1 and a remake of the GBA game that comes before Kingdom Hearts 2 (also comes with a the cutscenes of another game between 1 and 2). I guess they wanted to keep the naming similar because 2.5 comes with Kingdom Hearts 2 and…a prequel to every game… and a cutscene collection of some weird side game about an AI. 2.8 they were really scrambling. Because they wanted to release the rest of the games in some way before Kingdom Hearts 3 so that holds a sequel to Kingdom Hearts 2, A standalone demo for 3 and…a movie from the earliest part of the series that actually is a giant pit of questions with no answers which may or may not have been answered by the gacha. No idea.
MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Surely they’ve updated 3 by now? Couldn’t they call it 3.128? /j
dan1101@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I like the idea of these games but the execution was way way more complicated than it needed to be.
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Man I hate it when I want to start playing a new franchise and I need a whole book to figure out what order to even play the games in
bighatchester@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It all makes so much sense now…
ech@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Not only are the numbers weird, the games within the series (more than just the main 3) came out as exclusives to a wide variety of platforms. KH has such a bizarre history.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 months ago
This isn’t even the tip of the naming weirdness this series has.
I’ve seen an hour long video essay that focused entirely on how they named the games.
FehrIsFair@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes. That is correct.
IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 11 months ago
To the point where I legitimately thought it was a mockery of the series. Oof.
gazoinksboe@lemmy.world 11 months ago
God yes. I could not stomach buying this on Epic
proper@lemmy.world 11 months ago
gotta be deck compatible right?
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’d hope so and square enix has been… improving, but their track record of ports even working properly on an average windows PC is not super great. I’m still hoping I’m wrong, but betting against it launching in verified status and kinda 50/50 on it working at all on my steam deck.
khlinxchaos@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
Probably not fully, unless they actually do work on the games. The cutscenes on some of the games play with a proprietary protocol that even Proton-GE can’t run. So, while the game works, the cutscenes don’t.
It’s feasible that they will fix it, but I consider it highly unlikely.
mynachmadarch@kbin.social 11 months ago
Do you have any documentation on this you can link because it doesn't really make sense what you mean and I love learning about these things. Most of the cutscenes will be rendered in engine so nothing special there, and the pre-rendered ones if they used an unusual codec I don't get why the codec isn't baked into the game files which would render that also a moot problem.
LupertEverett@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Epic Crap Store having one less exclusive is always good to hear about.
ech@lemm.ee 11 months ago
They don’t carew. They already got what they wanted.
MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
No, they always want more.
aciDC14@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Finally!!! Thank god i don’t have to shill 60(+) dollars to Epic just to get it on PC!
ech@lemm.ee 11 months ago
You’re still rewarding the move by giving them your money now. They get the bonus cash from Epic and your purchase years later.
FryHyde@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Coxming txo Stexam Junx 1x3
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Great. Now do Xenogears next.
Syltti@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Xenosaga first.
SquigglyEmpire@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think that one would have to come from Bandai.
MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Both would be amazing.
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Finally.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How many Xehanorts us that?
Alk@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Being generous with this actual estimate, there’s like 22 of them.
FatTony@discuss.online 11 months ago
Uhm, yay?
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
Link below to the first one. Too lazy to find the others lol
_sideffect@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nice! I already own these on Xbox, but it’s good they’re moving to other platforms
rtxn@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Square Enix is slowly starting to realize that locking out a significant part of its potential customers with platform exclusivity will lead to most of those potential customers not buying their shit. It’s like the first vestiges of conscious thought are starting to appear within their leadership.
Stovetop@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I am happy it’s on Steam, but admittedly Kingdom Hearts 3 is not the main offender here when they still have games trapped on single consoles. KH3 was already on PC, it’s just more accessible now. Can’t say the same about Final Fantasy 16 or Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
rtxn@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They’re both timed exclusives, and Square have said that they’d stop platform-exclusive releases after those two games failed to meet shareholders’ expectations. Whether they’ll actually go through with it, I have no idea.